New Weaving… iPod Case?
I’ve got enough warp to try this twice. I think I can weave an iPod case/cozy with this 4″ wide fabric. This is a variation of a Birdseye twill–I think. Good thing I write these things down!
Tag: loom
Finished: Twill Sampler
I ended up trying about 14 different twill patterns on this first Louet project, a little sampler. Off the loom it measures 5.5″ x 20″, meaning it “shrunk” about 3/4″ in width. Luckily, I kept track of all the different twills by writing them on a scrap of paper, otherwise, I think I’d have to guess to figure out each section. I do remember that one of my favorites was the vertical herringbone. It’s nice to do a sampler because you can see how different the back of the pattern is compared to the front. Some of them are exactly the same, but if you weave one that is either more warp or more weft-faced, then you’ll have a very different back.
I hemmed one end by hand and then used a little dowel to turn it into a wall hanging. Greens and purples… Can’t go wrong with that!
Inside the Box
Inside the box, spotted and purchased at a flea market, was a Weave-It in a particularly mint box, a nearly-finished sweater (the Urbanite), crochet and cotton yarn, two wooden tubes filled with steel knitting needles, and a page from a 1949 Des Moines newspaper. There were also a few finished projects: baby booties and a mohair beret. This knitter liked fine work.
I can't walk away from something like this, a glimpse into a crafter's past life, even if it makes me sneeze.
More Krokbragd
This is as far as I sampled Krokbragd on the Wonder Weave. I didn't want to stress the old plastic, and I was just learning the basics. Now I'm going to try a larger sample on the Kessenich two harness table loom.